When you get health care services, record the dates on a calendar and save the receipts and statements you get from providers to check for mistakes.

It’s an unfortunate truth, but health care fraud drives up costs for everyone in the health care system. Fraud schemes often depend on identity thieves getting hold of people’s Medicare numbers. So guard your Medicare number. Treat it as you would a credit card. 

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How many of you have dreamed of being a super hero? What special power would you want to have?

Most competitive athletes are acutely aware of the importance of including variable-intensity workouts into their comprehensive training regimen.

Did you know that you may be able to get help from your state paying your Medicare premiums? State-based Medicare Savings Programs also may pay Medicare Part A (hospital insurance) and Part B (medical insurance) deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments.

The Alameda Health Care District board of directors have voted to change Alameda Hospital’s budget.

Read the full story, and more Alameda news at www.thealamedan.org. 

Coping with terminal illness can be very difficult, for the patient as well as his or her loved ones. 

That’s why I want to pass along some information about Medicare’s coverage of hospice care.  

At its June 17 meeting, the City Council gave a unanimous thumbs up to extending Alameda Fire Department’s (AFD) Basic Life Support program. The service involves transporting patients by ambulance on non-emergency calls like doctors’ and dialysis appointments.

The city of Alameda Health Care District is seeking to fill a vacant board member position left by former member Jordan Battani last month. Battani notified the board she would be stepping down from her position on May 9, but her resignation was finalized on May 23.